If you’re been following along, you know that my daughter has celiac disease. I’ve always been worried because along with this disease you can possibly get vitiligo. I’ll say this first and the only one time! There is nothing wrong with having vitiligo, it is a terrible affliction that many people have to deal with.

My daughter started having a little white spot on the side of her mouth that started months ago. I wasn’t worried because it was just a spot, I thought nothing of it. Now she has a couple more spots on her nose and her back is starting to look splotchy. I have already made the doctors appointment to see with this is! I would not love my daughter any less because, who would if their kid had vitiligo! I just worry because in life people with vitiligo have to go through a lot of things. Especially black people where it is very noticeable. Just ask Michael Jackson, who it turns out really did have vitiligo. I never really thought much of it, but my husband has little white spots on his arm. He is so pale and pasty you would never notice it unless you looked close up. I don’t know what it is that is causing my daughter skin to change but I could possibly be from what my husband has. I am getting extremely nervous and want nothing more to happen to my child, who already has a lot to deal with. Even though she’s always known she cannot have gluten or dairy she is still questioning why she can’t have it. She thinks that one day she will be able to have these foods, & I explained to her how its not possible but she gets a lot of fun things to eat.

I can’t imagine what it would be like to grow up in the 1960 or 1980 and have celiac disease. it seems like there were no options for restaurants or products in the grocery store. even though the gluten-free craze has been dying down, there still are products and places to eat. and although many of these products contain oats which many celiacs can not have it still is better than nothing.

Here’s to hoping that my daughter does not have vitiligo. And even if she did big freaking deal, just another something to put on our gluten free, dairy and corn free plate. If anyone out there has vitiligo or knows someone with vitiligo I’d love some advice! My husband is the greatest because he said he thinks it’s cool because you look like those beautiful pinto horses. I just wished the rest of the world was that cool. And I’m sorry for the Michael Jackson jokes as a kid. We didn’t know it was real or true to be afflicted with vitiligo later in life. People who don’t even have vitiligo bleach their skin from Beyonce, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj and so on . People want lighter skin or tan skin, let’s just live in the skin we’re in.